My running dog
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As it is known, beagle does not work out-of-the-box in FC6 due to a small bug, which causes the beagle daemon to hang just a few seconds after it is started. So, no desktop-searching is possible at this time, at least until this problem gets fixed. Fortunately, a patched build (0.2.10-7.fc6) has been pushed in the updates-testing repository.
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TrueCrypt on 2.6.18 kernels
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It seems that there is a problem compiling the Linux version of Truecrypt v4.2a on the 2.6.18 series of kernels. A patch has been posted in the Truecrypt forums (you need to be logged-in to read), but, although this patch resolves the compilation error, there have been reports that the program has problems unmounting the encrypted volumes and releasing the loop devices. So, truecrypt is a no-go for Fedora 6 at the moment, at least until a new version that works flawlessly is released. An alternative way to create encrypted file containers pretty much like Truecrypt is by using dm-crypt and LUKS. More information about this method, can be found in another article of mine.
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Fedora Core 6
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The 6th version of Fedora Core was released a week ago. The huge demand had caused the fedora servers and mirrors to “melt” in the first days of the release. The Fedora Project pages, even the latest release notes, were unavailable, while all requests were redirected to a very plain front page which explained the situation. This big demand clearly showed one thing: Fedora is gaining more popularity and this is a good sign for the project’s future.
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Customize a Fedora/Red Hat Distribution
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These are some links about the required operations in order to customize a Fedora or Red Hat distribution. I definitely do not have enough free time for such things, but it’s good to have these documents handy just in case I need them:
- Adding new RPM packages to a fedora DVD with comps.xml
- FEDORA CORE CUSTOMIZATION – STEP BY STEP
- Building a customised Red Hat install disc
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Logwatch and Dovecot 1.x series in FC5
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Logwatch is the preferred tool in order to get summaries of the various service logs in Fedora Core 5. It needs very little customization, which mainly summarizes in overriding some of the log file locations. The only issue I have encountered so far is that it cannot parse the Dovecot log entries correctly.
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A Note About The Epiphany Extensions on Fedora
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This is just a quick note for Fedora users who use Epiphany as their main web browser. As you have probably noticed, there is an epiphany-extensions package in Fedora-Extras. These extensions add some more functionality to Epiphany. If I recall correctly, this package does not contain all of the extensions that are available for this browser and, for sure, it does not contain the sample extensions, which can help you write a small extension to satisfy your needs.
So, a custom compilation of the extensions is needed. Just keep in mind that in order to also compile the sample plugins you ‘ll need to add the following option when configuring:
--with-extensions=really-all
The --with-extensions option can take a comma separated list of the extentions that will be built, or the value “all“, which is supposed to build all the available extentions except for the samples, or it can be “really_all” which builds everything. Finally, this option can be completely omitted, which leads to the compilation of the default extentions.
Some of the extensions that do not exist in the default RPM package and I definitely wish they were there, are a feed subscription extension, an almost efficient ad-blocker and of course a Python Console. I do not really know why they are missing, perhaps due to some bugs, but I use them for a long time now and they seem to work fine.
PS: And, by the way, non Epiphany users, just give this browser a shot.
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How To Build RPM Packages on Fedora
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These are some general guidelines and notes in order to assist the adventurous first-time Fedora user to get started with RPM package building on Fedora Core.
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